Edward walked into his first period science class and made his way to the back corner of the room, the one farthest away from the teacher. Bella already sat at their table with a happy grin on her face. He took his seat beside her and asked, "Why are you so happy? You hate waking up early."
"Were watching some movie today and you know what that means!" Bella whispered excitedly, slipping her hand into his.
Edward couldn't suppress a smile, he most certainly did know what that meant. It meant as soon as the lights went off Bella would slide over onto his lap and they would cuddle and kiss all throughout the movie, just like all the other couples on the back row. Edward could hear the excited thoughts of Ben Cheney as Angela moved closer to him as the teacher stood up to slide in the movie.
"I love movie days." He heard the vile Mike Newton whisper as he moved closer to his new flavor of the week girlfriend. Which caused Edward's mind to be flooded with angry, spiteful thoughts from Jessica and the fluffy, romantic thoughts of Mike's new girl.
"I would enjoy this so much more if I didn't have to listen to what everyone else thought of these little treats." Edward whispered to Bella, giving her a quick kiss on the cheek.
"I was going to say, let me distract you, but I know my attempts would be futile. I not that good of a distraction." Bella said with a fake frown of sorrow.
"I beg to differ. You are very good at distracting me." Edward replied grabbing her other hand, and pulling her closer. "Five…four…three…two…one." He counted down, in a whisper only she could hear. At one the lights snapped off and Edward lifted Bella into his lap. She wrapped her arms around his chest and rested her head on his shoulder. He leaned down and kissed her, trying to block out all the thoughts of other couples doing exactly the same, when a simple thought from Emmett came and was like a bucket of ice over his entire body. He pulled back from Bella with a jerk and looked around the room for Alice.
Alice was two rows in front of them to the right, Jasper wasn't in this class so she got all the whole row to herself. "Alice!" He whispered so low he knew only she could hear him.
Alice turned her head a fraction of an inch and replied in her head, 'What?'
"Something's wrong! Rosalie is here. She didn't stay home." Edward replied.
'So? Maybe Esme told her she had to come or something. It's not a big deal.' Alice replied in a tone that was telling him to let the matter go. It wasn't there business.
"She's blocking her thoughts and I heard her say something last night about leaving and Jasper said her emotions are in complete chaos. Something's wrong!" Edward replied, insistently.
This information caused Alice to sit up a little bit straighter and Edward knew he had her hooked. Alice would be keeping a watch on Rosalie's future.
"Thank you." Edward said, before turning his attention back to Bella.
"What's wrong?" Bella asked, her voice barely audible to the human ear, but she knew Edward would hear it.
Edward looked down at her and cupped her face in his hands, he leaned down and whispered in her ear, "I don't know, but I have a feeling its
something bad. Really bad."
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The two had spent the rest of the class period in silence. Edward was to busy trying to break Rosalie's mental wall, which left Bella to sit in his lap quietly, head resting on his shoulder and watch the movie.
The bell rang loudly through the hallways, signaling it was time to move on to the next class period that Edward knew everything the teacher was teaching. School was so boring. He bent over to pick up his bag and that is when Alice's vision exploded in his brain.
Rosalie was running toward her car and driving off. She was speeding down the highway, silent sobs shaking though her. Time sped forward to around sunset. The Lamborghini was parked on one side of the clearing, the battered broken body of Rosalie's old car was across form it. Rosalie stood in the center of the clearing, her whole body shaking in terror. Out of the woods, stepped Royce King. 'I'm glad to see you made the right decision, didn't want your family to die did you?' In a flash Royce was in front of Rosalie, his hand whipped out and grabbed her left wrist. He twisted it hard until Rosalie crashed to her knees in pain. He plucked the wedding ring, which Emmett had made Edward and Jasper spend hours in the jewelry store with him helping him pick it out, off her finger and crushed it with his bear hands. He then leaned down and snarled in her ear, 'Though it would have been fun, killing your husband. Maybe, I'll pay him a little visit later.'
With that the vision ended and Edward had to grip the edge of the table to keep himself from snarling and flitting out of the room right then. He glanced over at Alice and the same shock and rage that consumed him was reflected on Alice's face. He grabbed Bella's hand and dragged her towards the door.
They both fled towards the door, hating that they had to keep to a human speed. By the time they got out to the parking lot, Rosalie's cherry red Lamborghini was nowhere to be seen.
"We have to go after her!" Alice exclaimed, running towards Emmett's jeep.
"You drive east, I'll drive west. She couldn't have gotten far!" Edward snarled, throwing open the door and starting the engine. He slammed on the gas and raced out of the parking lot with squealing tires. He heard the roar of the jeep as it started up behind him.
"Edward! Edward! Where are we going! What's wrong?"
It took the vampire boy a few seconds to realize that his girlfriend, who was sitting terrified in the passenger seat was talking to him.
"Rosalie's in trouble. We have to find her!" Edward replied, desperation and anger fighting for control of his voice.
Bella sensing the danger that Rosalie must be in to get both Alice and Edward into so much of a frenzy, nodded and sat back in the seat. She knew once he had calmed down he would tell her everything.
Edward drove for miles, he was about to give up and go home for back up when an onslaught of thoughts hit him like a sack of bricks. He cried out in rage at the horrifying images that filled his mind. "TAKE THE WHEEL!" he shouted at Bella as his hands flew from the wheel to his head, as if the pressure would take away the images. Bella grabbed a hold of the steering wheel and guided the car to the side of the road. Edward slammed his foot on the brake causing the car to jolt horribly.
The images, memory, and taste of fear flooded Edward's being. He had never seen any thoughts this powerful. Rosalie was standing in the meadow, the raw fear she felt at seeing Royce was more than he had ever known Rosalie could feel. The image then switched to feeling the pain and the helplessness as Royce forced her against the tree. He felt her resistance dying as Royce punched her repeatedly and he had to watch through her eyes as Royce raped her. He felt the agonizing pain of Rosalie blocking out the family she loved to save them. Finally, he felt the grateful numbness that Rosalie had slipped into.
With a racing heart and gasping breaths Edward dug his phone out of his pocket and tossed it to Bella. "Call the whole family. Tell them it is an emergency and to get home immediately. Rosalie's in danger."
